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3rd Grade Social Studies Webquest
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Desert Animals and Plants
Strand 1. Concept 1.PO6
Concept 1: The World in Spatial Terms
Students will use geographic tools to recognize and interpret physical environment such as oceans, continents, river,lake, mountain, range, sea, desert, gul, bay, strain, plain valley, volcano,peninsula.
Task
You will learn about different deserts located at Arizona. You will also identify different desert animals and plants located at Arizona.
Description of the Desert Animal or Plant
You will be drawing a desert plant such as Saguaro cactus or an animal such as Coyote. After drawing the plant or animal, you will write a short description about the plant or animal.
Process
You will watch a short media clip Sonoran Desert Museum clipart describing information desert animals and plants.
Trip to Sonoran Desert Museum
In order to to provide students with extra knowledge about desert animals and plant, students will be going to the Arizona desert Museum located at Tucson, AZ.
Questions to answer
- How do desert animals survive in a highly heated environment?
- Where does tortoise save the water?
- How do human beings adapt to the desert environment?
Attachments
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An example of student's work
Description: An example of student writing about desert and graphic about a desert plant.
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Desert Museum Animals and plants
Description: Visiting desert Museum to watch plants and animals such as mountain lion, Mexican wolf,coyotes, prairie dog, bobcat,black bear, scorpions,frog,birds and Saguaro Cactus and variety of animals and plants.
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Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum - Facts about Animals and Plants
Description: Using this site, you can find facts about plants and animals found at Arizona Desert.
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Sonoran Desert Museum clipart
Description: A clipart about Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum.
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Sonoran Desert Questions and statements
Description: Teacher will provide you a copy and you will answer the question as statement or question punctuation mark.
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